raced keenly in mid-division, headway out wide 3f out, ridden chasing leaders over 2f out, hung left under pressure over 1f out, weakened final furlong
led 2f, tracked leaders, went 2nd again 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, one pace and no impression in 3rd final furlong
ridden along 3f out, always towards rear
off the pace towards rear, stayed on late, never going pace to get involved
mid-division on inside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened soon after
steadied and switched left start, held up towards rear, never involved
pulled hard and prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and stayed on from over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden out wide edging left over 1f out, weakened soon after
held up towards rear of mid-division, never a factor
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders out wide, led after 2f, pushed along and headed over 2f out, head high carriage and weakened over 1f out
off the pace and always towards rear
pushed along and struggling 3f out, always towards rear
mid-division, headway on inside chasing leaders over 3f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish
off the pace towards rear, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
It's a long way for Grand Canal to come for this and he hasn't run since July but scored over the track and trip after a break in 2021 and has won on good to soft. Masqool has a penalty for last week's Lingfield success and he's never raced over a trip this far nor won on Turf. Reach won a Pontefract maiden over this trip on good-to-soft and didn't appreciate being dropped back in trip there next time. The lightly-raced Atlantis Blue is still a maiden but showed enough last summer to suggest he'll be winning soon while Gastronomy has shown plenty of potential though takes a big step-up in trip. CABRAKAN stays further but conditions are in his favour and he's been in winning form over timber so might be good enough. V Twelve won a soft-ground handicap at Windsor in October and a recent run over timber should have put him spot-on.
Gastronomy 11-4 (9-5) Held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, 5th of 11, 2 1/4l behind Painters Palette (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (3) pol in Mar.
Alpine Stroll 40-1 (9-6) Close up, lost position when shaken up over 4f out, ridden along and weakened from over 2f out, last of 12, 18 1/4l behind Duty Of Care (10-2) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Cabrakan (IRE) 4-9fav (10-9) Tracked leaders close up, ridden after 2 out, gradually fading when not fluent last, 3rd of 4, 11 3/4l behind Republican (11-8) at Hereford 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Feb.
Masqool (IRE) 7-1 (9-9) In touch in mid-division, headway on outside over 3f out, led over 2f out, edged right inside final furlong, held on gamely, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Marion's Boy (9-8) by nk, 7 ran.
Reach (IRE) 9-4 (9-4) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 13l behind Poker Face (9-12) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Sword Beach (IRE) 22-1 (9-2) Held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on, not trouble leaders, 5th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Teumessias Fox (9-13) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Atlantis Blue 8-1 (9-10) Prominent, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on one pace, 2nd of 16, 4 1/2l behind Canoodled (9-11) at Newmarket 1m hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Talap (9-2) 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Manne (8-10) at Cagnes-sur-Mer 1m 2f stks sft in Feb.
V Twelve (IRE) 4-1 (10-10) Raced wide, close up, headway 4 out, chased winner next, no chance when blundered last, 2nd of 5, 12l behind Fourofakind (10-10) at Haydock 2m mdn (4) sft in Mar.
Daniel Deronda 18-1 (11-13) Chased leader out wide, pushed along and outpaced home turn, behind 2 out, 5th of 10, dist behind Telhimlisten (10-8) at Southwell 2m hcp (5) gd in Mar.
Grand Canal (IRE) 16-1 (9-11) Disputed lead, headed and continued to press leader halfway, pushed along well over 2f out, kept on, faded inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Wickywickywheels (9-3) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
The Rain King (IRE) 7-1 (11-5) Midfield, chased leaders 3 out, ridden approaching two out, every chance on landing after last, unable to quicken on run-in, 4th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Stanley Pincombe (11-6) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (5) gd in Mar.
King Eagle (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Held up off the pace in last trio, good headway near side over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, every chance when edged left inside final furlong, found no extra final 110 yards, lost 2nd inside final 100 yards, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Appier (9-6) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
At Liberty (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Clifftop Heaven (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
